Speaker John Boehner was non-committal about bringing an immigration reform bill to the House floor this year.

Speaking Wednesday morning after a closed party meeting at the Capitol Hill Club, Boehner said immigration reform is an “important subject that needs to be addressed, and I’m hopeful” that something could happen before the end of the year.

The Senate passed a comprehensive overhaul bill over the summer.

Inside the closed party meeting, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) spoke about legislative items that would be discussed in the coming months: Obamacare bills, the farm bill conference process and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s (R-Texas) push to reform the government sponsored enterprises.